Nepal in the News - The government is planning to build a public quarantine site of at least 5,000

Nepal in the News - The government is planning to build a public quarantine site of at least 5,000

Kathmandu: The government is planning to build a public quarantine site of at least 5,000 capacity in the Kathmandu Valley in view of the potential risk to Covid-19.

The first meeting of the Quarantine Site Construction and Management Task Force against Covid-19 today decided to prepare all the concerned bodies for the quarantine site to be jointly operated and to be converted to a temporary hospital immediately when needed. Such quarantine will be made in the hotels, schools and stadiums of the valley.

The meeting of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, held in the Ministry of Tourism, drafted the criteria for public quarantine site and informed the Ministry of Health and Population and all four security agencies (Nepalese Army, Nepal Police, Armed Police Force) Nepal and National Investigation Force, Nepal. Have the team work Has decided to offer.

According to the report of the team, after the drafting of the draft, the team of representatives of finance ministry, home ministry, urban development ministry and all four security agencies will submit their meeting regarding the necessary resources - budget management plan.

The details of the location of suitable hotels for the capacity of at least two thousand people will be prepared by the Tourism Department and Nepal Tourism Board in coordination with Nepal Hotel Association and Hotel Federation of Hotels.

Hostels of a school with a capacity of at least two thousand persons, including the inspection of Ichangunarayan site in Kathmandu and inspection of the premises of Manmohan Hospital in Balambu, how many people can be used in the capacity, in coordination with educational leaders, private and residential school organizations and leading educational institutions. Submitted at Monday's meeting Has been decided.

Likewise, the National Sports Council has decided to introduce the potential for quarantine in hostels and stadiums (including tents to be constructed) in Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Pokhara, Butwal and Dharan.

The decision has been submitted to the state government and local level to be directed to prepare quarantine of various capacities before the high-level coordination committee for the transmission control and control of Covid-19 the release said.

According to the decision, each province has a capacity of at least two thousand, each municipality has at least two thousand capacity, the sub-municipality has at least two thousand capacity, all the municipalities and villagers in the district headquarters have at least six hundred people in favor of Himalayan region, 1000 persons in favor of hilly area and two thousand in favor of Tarai area. The quarantine site will be built. The next meeting of the task force is scheduled to resume tomorrow morning, the ministry said.

The meeting of the High Level Coordination Committee of the Covid-19 Transition, Prevention and Control Coordination formed under the coordination of Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Ishwar Pokhrel had created a quarantine site construction and management task force against Covid in coordination with the Minister of Tourism.(Nepal in the News) 

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